Microsoft Surface RT finally priced

Four months after first unveiling the Surface, Microsoft has finally priced the tablet and begun pre-orders.

The tablet goes on sale on October 26th, and will cost $499 for a 32GB model with no accessories. Moving up the price ladder is the 32GB model with Surface Touch Cover in black for $599 and the 64GB model with cover for $699.

If you want a Type Cover (better keyboard), you can buy it separately for $129.99.

The Surface has a 16:9 display, 10.6-inch screen, the edges are beveled at 22 degrees, and is just 9.3mm thick. The display has Gorilla Glass 2 and you can connect to "the strongest Wi-Fi connection ever." The case is built of magnesium, and the "liquid metal is formed into an ultra rigid and light frame" while weighing just 1.5 lbs.

I was really looking forward to this but at that price! what were they thinking?! with the heavy competition out there this is not the way to introduce yourself to the market, especially Microsoft. I'm dissappointed and can forsee a price drop coming once they realise that they mucked this right up.

:O(

This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 17 Oct 2012 @ 2:52

Originally posted by i1der: i remember the day someone saying $199 for RT... lol

That was the logical price, well, logical from a corporate logic standpoint, still not worth that much. $500 for a base model? I can get an actual laptop for half that...and it will actually run Windows software!